[nagdu] Some one stole my cane !

Tue Dec 20 13:30:30 UTC 2011

Can you guys explain?
I wa talking to a guy who has RP. He said people think he's drunk. I told him a cane would solve that problem. He told me he doesn't "need a cane", which I took to mean he's okay with people thinking he's wasted.
Can somebody explain. I don't get it.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tami Kinney
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 9:02 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !

Yeah, I did things kinda that way, too. So long as no one realized I was
using it to compensate for tunnel vision and night blindness. Which of
course, I did not have because I did *not* have Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Denial, much, folks? /lol/

Tami

On 12/19/2011 04:22 PM, Brenda wrote:
> Interesting about using a tree branch. Growing up, we went camping with
> my Dad. The first thing I would do would be find a hiking stick. I did
> not use it like you would a white cane, but it was still very helpful.
> We would hike a lot and my stick would tell me the terrain. Thing is, I
> would never have been allowed to use it at home since I had 20/200
> vision. Too bad. Brenda
>
> On 12/19/2011 7:02 PM, Lea williams wrote:
>> the thing about using a branch is that the branch is heavier. I did
>> this once for a couple of weeks when I left my cane over at a family
>> house and they took that long to get it back to me. My arm hurt a lot
>> cause a branch is heavier.
>> It will work, but I would rather use a broom stick or something. LOL,
>> the sight for that one. If you could, you could request a free one
>> from the NFB, it is strait, so if this is possible, get one of those
>> to use as a back up. I rather have a folding one though. I have a
>> small ID one that I use. I love it better than the heavy ones.
>>
>> On 12/19/11, Dan Weiner<dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net> wrote:
>>> Just cut a limb from a tree, it will be just as useful as the average
>>> cane,
>>> a cane being a stick after all.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Doug Parisian
>>> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 5:18 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>>
>>> Perhaps a little better choice of friends and/or acquaintances would
>>> alleviate the problem?
>>>
>>> I've had canes run over by cars, tripped over by some mental midget or
>>> other, and even attempted leadings by some unfortunate grabbing my
>>> stick by
>>> it's end but never stolen. Must be the company I keep.
>>>
>>> Doug: Raising Cain when Able.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)"<REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
>>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 1:53 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>>
>>>
>>>> Maybe the person needed it? I met a family that was new to this
>>>> country, had a member that was blind and wanted to know where to get a
>>>> cane. I'm not sure they knew what a cane was until they saw me using
>>>> mine,
>>>> thought "What a cool idea" and came over to talk to me. If I'd had
>>>> another one on me, I'd have probably given them the one I was using.
>>>>
>>>> They were hoping/expecting you could just buy one at any store.
>>>>
>>>> And, why not buy a few backup canes that meet your needs? I treat canes
>>>> like shoes, I have one I use but I also have a few backups that meet my
>>>> needs, a broken cane serves me no purpose so I don't hang onto them,
>>>> just
>>>> as I wouldn't hang onto shoes I couldn't wear. Ditto for a cane that is
>>>> too long, it'd be like hanging onto shoes that were too small.
>>>>
>>>> Since this seems to happen a fair bit to you, can you keep the cane
>>>> say in
>>>> something you hang onto like apurse? Or just keep the strap around your
>>>> wrist so you are in contact with it when it isn't in use?
>>>>
>>>> What happened was wrong, I'm just not feeling the outrage the list
>>>> seems
>>>> to be feeling here.
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Brittney N. Mejico
>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 6:27 AM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>>>
>>>> That is really awful who would do such a thing. Hope you get a new cain
>>>> soon
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Mardi Hadfield
>>>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:59 AM
>>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>>>
>>>> Hi every one, Mardi here. I went Christmas shopping the other day
>>>> and some
>>>> one stole my white cane.I keep it in a leather holster type of pouch
>>>> attached to my wheelchair when I am not using it. It is quite snug
>>>> fitting
>>>> so it is impossible for it to have fallen out.When I left the store and
>>>> headed to the bus station,I reached for it so I could get into the
>>>> wheelchair bay when I got on the bus. It was not their! I had it when I
>>>> got
>>>> off the bus so it disappeared somewhere between the bus station and the
>>>> store.The only time I use it when I have my dog with me is getting
>>>> on or
>>>> off the bus.This is the second time someone has stolen a cane from me.
>>>> This
>>>> is extremely annoying as I can not afford to buy another one until next
>>>> month.I have an old broken one and a very long NFB cane as a back up.
>>>> Today
>>>> when I went out to pay a bill,I had to use the very Long NFB cane as
>>>> I did
>>>> not take the dog with me in Carla's car.This cane would be fine if I
>>>> were
>>>> walking but is way to long for use with a wheelchair.It also has a
>>>> mettle
>>>> tip which gets caught in every crevice and pokes me in the face.I don't
>>>> know why someone would want to steal a blind person's cane??????? Fake
>>>> service dogs, now fake blind people? What is happening to this world.
>>>> Mardi and Shaman
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> http://wolfsinger2-thegoldendragon.blogspot.com
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